As my thanks got bigger I went from carrying buckets from the kitchen to my tanks.As my tanks got bigger I used a 120 lt plastic barrel with a pump to pump the water into the tanks I have now made a hose that can fit my kitchen tap so I can fill the tanks straight from the tap after adjusting the temp my question is adding the dechlorinator to the new tank do I as the tank is filling up and do I for the water I am replacing or dose for the whole tank.
dosing de chlorinator
- Thread starter bathawk
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Because I add tap water to sumps first, instead of directly to tanks, holding fish, I turn on the tap, and then add a little bloop of sodium thio.
I also, do not add enough per total gallons of tank water.
When in WI, my average chloramine residual directly from the tap, was @ 1.25 to 1.5 ppm, so after years of trial and error, and testing, determined how much, and when to add in my own situation.
And because when adding water to the sump first, the organic matter there, nearly always used most chloramine up before the new water reached the main tanks,
declorinator or not. (adding to a sump first also helped even out water temp fluctuations)
I also usually ran multiple tanks per sump (3 to 5 tanks per)
Above straight tap water Cl residual, below after adding Sodium thiosulfate.
I also, do not add enough per total gallons of tank water.
When in WI, my average chloramine residual directly from the tap, was @ 1.25 to 1.5 ppm, so after years of trial and error, and testing, determined how much, and when to add in my own situation.
And because when adding water to the sump first, the organic matter there, nearly always used most chloramine up before the new water reached the main tanks,
declorinator or not. (adding to a sump first also helped even out water temp fluctuations)
I also usually ran multiple tanks per sump (3 to 5 tanks per)
Above straight tap water Cl residual, below after adding Sodium thiosulfate.
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